More NSWMA trouble - Over $40 million spent without board approval
THE NATIONAL Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has again been rocked by contractual irregularities, leading its board members to give the Errol Greene-led management team 60 days to correct recently-revealed breaches in protocol.

Public urged to pay property tax
THE REVENUE Enhancement Division of the Ministry of Local Government is pleading with property owners to pay up their property tax. Andre Wiltshire, financial analyst in the Revenue Enhancement Unit, lamented that the non-payment of the taxes...

Reebok recalls charm bracelets
SHOE MANUFACTURER, Reebok, is voluntarily recalling 300,000 children's bracelets which have been linked to a lead poisoning death in the United States. Members of the public are being advised to take the heart-shaped charm bracelets from children...

More murder suspects held in Spanish Town
THREE MORE individuals suspected of being key players in the upsurge in violence in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, over the past two weeks, were taken into police custody, pushing the number of persons held in connection with the violence...

Honduran, Dominican fishermen sent home
SIXTY FISHERMEN who were plying their trade in Jamaica illegally, were yesterday sent back to their homelands of Honduras and the Dominican Republic. Resident Magistrate Lorna Gayle had ordered that arrangements be made...

Prisoner set ablaze in Montego Bay
WESTERN BUREAU: COMMISSIONER OF Police Lucius Thomas has ordered the immediate suspension of five policemen who were on cell duties when a male prisoner was reportedly set ablaze at the St. James Police Divisional Headquarters lock-up in Montego Bay...

Michael Lee Chin buys CVM and UGI Group
JAMAICAN-CANADIAN BILLIONAIRE Michael Lee Chin is expected today to reveal details behind his acquisition of the controlling stake in the United General Insurance Company (UGIC), as well as the controlling interest in the CVM Group...

Jubilee gets equipment to help prevent infant, maternal deaths
ON WEDNESDAY, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the European Commission presented the Victoria Jubilee Hospital with 12 foetal heart monitors (pocket model), one central monitoring system, two antepartum foetal monitors...

MESSAGE ON WORLD HEALTH DAY - Addressing health crisis demands partnership
HEALTH WORKERS save lives. They strive to ensure that advances in health care reach those most in need. They contribute to the social and economic well-being of their countries. And they are essential to their countries' security...